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1973 Map of Dellahunt Draw West

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Dellahunt Draw West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Cottonwood Creek and Dellahunt Draw cross this arid expanse of Culberson County during the early 1970s, a landscape defined by ranching infrastructure and mineral exploration. Water management is critical in this environment, as evidenced by a network of named livestock tanks including Frosty Tank, West Humphrey Tank, and Fence Line Tank. These features, along with several named windmills like Crow Windmill and Digger Windmill, reveal the reliance on subterranean water sources for the cattle industry in West Texas.

Industrial activity is marked by a subterranean Pipeline and numerous scattered Drill Holes, suggesting a period of active geological prospecting. The terrain transitions from the broader flats of Horse Well Draw and Paint Draw toward more complex topography in the south, where China Draw and Cedar Tank sit among the rising elevations. This 1973 survey records a working landscape where early energy exploration and traditional ranching coexisted across the high desert.